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2025-05-03 Africa Subsaharan
Cameroon bishop says insecurity getting worse in Far North region
[CRUXNOW] Cameroon
...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there...
is continuing to be attacked by the Islamist organization Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
, and the situation is getting worse, according to a bishop.

Bishop Bartholemy Yaouda Hourgo of the Yagoua Diocese in Cameroon's Far North region, Bartholemy Yaouda Hourgo spoke to Crux about the deteriorating security situation in the area during the 50th Ordinary Plenary Assembly of the Cameroon Bishops' Conference.

''The current situation of insecurity is worsening,'' he said. ''I say this because just recently, soldiers were killed only 5 kilometers from my village.''

On March 25, Boko Haram fighters, disguised as herdsmen, launched a deadly assault on a military base in Wulgo, near the Nigerian border. The base, operated by Cameroonian soldiers from the Multinational Joint Task Force, was overrun by the assailants, resulting in the loss of at least 20 soldiers.

According to sources cited by the French news channel Africa 24, the faceless myrmidons seized Soviet-made Shilka guns — lightly armored, radar-guided anti-aircraft weapons further escalating the threat.

Yaouda Hourgo expressed concern over the worsening security situation, emphasizing that the terrorist organization is increasingly acquiring sophisticated weaponry.

''Boko Haram now has access to drones,'' the bishop told Crux.
Posted by Fred 2025-05-03 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [156 views ]  Top
 File under: Boko Haram (ISIS) 

#1 If blinken or sullivan still were in office, they'd issue a statement:

"C'mon everybody, now let's all follow the rules."
Posted by Professor 2025-05-03 11:45||   2025-05-03 11:45|| Front Page Top

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